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Yet *another* date of death that has been declined "unable to verify" when I have cited an obituary
Submission 251126-091635-721000 has been declined with reason "unable to verify".The text of the submission is
Date of DeathEdit
Before
November 2025 (prostate cancer)
After
14 November 2025 (prostate cancer)
Your Comment
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/24/ian-marchant-obituary "died aged 67 from prostate cancer" and "Ian Peter Marchant, writer, performer, teacher and broadcaster, born 14 March 1958; died 14 November 2025"I have confirmed that the URL given above still works (ie it's not behind a paywall) and have quoted the exact supporting text from the obituary. What more can I do?I would appreciate an explanation of why date of birth/death entries are still being declined (whether "unable to verify" or any other reason) even though they have supporting URLs and the exact supporting text is quoted. It's not enough to say "it was a processing error - I've resubmitted it for you": the problem should not be happening in the first place , requiring manual intervention. There is a bug in your submission process which needs to be investigated.




Fran
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4 days ago
Hello martin_695862
I have re checked the contribution and there was a processing error! I have re submitted and approved for you, the changes will be live in the site shortly!
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tonyv77
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4 days ago
i agree i quit submitting birth dates and death dates for those reasons not my loss it imdb loss for being incomplete in those categories not worth my valuable time anymore.
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